Years ago I got to wondering: if I ever had to prove who I am, how would I do it? To some of you it may seem ridiculous – the stuff of fiction (the idea has been used in lots of stories.) But imagine yourself in a foreign country without your passport and other documents. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Perpetual Rewriting in the ePublishing Era
“Hi – my name is Bill, and I’m a rewrite-aholic.” Yes, I confess – when I first decided to seriously pursue my writing “career” (hmmm – when will I feel confident of dropping the quotes on that?), I started out with one of the same afflictions that shuts down many (most?) writers – the inability … Continue reading
CATS OF WAR I Release Day is Here!
SO – the pre-order campaign is over, and Cats of War I (the collection of the first 3 stories in my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series) is now live on sale all over the internet! I can’t include links to all the markets it and the rest of my eBooks are available at, … Continue reading
Denying Reality (and the Cats of War I Pre-order Promo Final 4 Days)
This is the blog of a writer. I try to stay out of political issues, but sometimes those issues intrude. There are some who say EVERYTHING is political, and others who just choose to make it so, so sometimes trying to be silent about what’s going on just makes matters worse, and something has to … Continue reading
What I Have Learned Through Swordsmaster (and the Vaunted Cats of War I Pre-order Promo Continues)
I’ve finally completed the rough draft of Swordsmaster. It currently stands at just over 57,000 words – by far the longest thing I’ve ever written, and yet not as long as the 70,000 words I had expected. Of course, that count was supposed to be for a COMPLETED manuscript, and Swordsmaster is FAR from completed. … Continue reading
What I May Never Learn About Self-Promotion (and the Vaunted Cats of War I Preorder Promo)
Lessons in Self-Promotion (and the Vaunted Cats of War I Pre-order Promo) Tooting my own horn doesn’t come easy for me. I don’t understand why. Aside from the fact that I do have a trumpet, and I can play it (yeah, I know, it’s not the same thing – I’m just stalling…) I’ve never been … Continue reading
